### Glaser, Donald
#### Born: September 21, 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States
**Personal Life:**
Donald J. Glaser, an American physicist, was born on September 21, 1926, in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his B.S. degree in physics from the Case Institute of Technology in 1946 and his Ph.D. degree in physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1949. After completing his education, Glaser worked as a research physicist at the University of Michigan and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
In 1952, Glaser was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the bubble chamber, a device that allows scientists to study the behavior of subatomic particles. The bubble chamber was a major breakthrough in the field of physics, and it has been used to make significant discoveries about the nature of matter and energy.
Glaser was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was also a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Glaser died on February 28, 2013, at the age of 86.
**Social Media Information:**
As Donald Glaser passed away in 2013, he does not have any active social media profiles.
**Recent Projects:**
Donald Glaser's most recent project before his passing was the development of a new type of particle detector called the liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). The LArTPC is a large, sensitive detector that can be used to study a wide range of particle physics phenomena.
**Other Information:**
- Glaser received the Franklin Medal in 1960.
- He was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1962.
- He received the Enrico Fermi Award in 1964.
- He was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences from 1994 until his death in 2013.
**Legacy:**
Donald Glaser's invention of the bubble chamber was a major breakthrough in the field of physics. The bubble chamber has been used to make significant discoveries about the nature of matter and energy, and it continues to be used by scientists today. Glaser's work has had a profound impact on our understanding of the universe, and he is considered to be one of the most important physicists of the 20th century.